Florence  Nightingale 
Tableaux 


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Editor  of  the  Woman's  Home  Companion,  and 
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Organization  for  Public  Health  Nursing, 
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with  the  Florence  Nightingale  Centennial 
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Florence  Nightingale 
Tableaux 


Arranged  and  edited,  with  an  introduction  and 
notes,  by  Gabrielle  Elliot,  Amateur-Dramatic 
Editor  of  the  Woman's  Home  Companion,  and 
published  under  the  auspices  of  the  National 
Organization  for  Public  Health  Nursing, 
156  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York,  in  connection 
with  the  Florence  Nightingale  Centennial 
Celebration,  May    12th,    1920. 


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TABLEAUX 

Note:  These  tableaux,  while  prepared  primarily  with  a  view 
to  their  use  by  hospitals,  training  schools,  nursing  associations 
and  other  nursing  groups  in  connection  wdth  the  Nightingale 
Centennial  Celebration,  will  be  found  useful  for  practically  any 
gathering  of  nurses  and  their  friends  when  it  is  desired  to  give  a 
simple  and  effective,  but  easily  arranged,  and  inexpensive  enter- 
tainment. They  provide  an  excellent  means  of  bringing  before 
the  public  the  ad\antages  and  opportunities  in  nursing  as  a  pro- 
fession for  young  women.  The  recruiting  message  may  be  re- 
inforced by  the  display  of  a  motion  picture  on  a  nursing  subject 
(for  example.  "An  I'xpial  Chance"  distributed  by  the  National 
Organization  for  Public  Health  Nursing,  or  the  Red  Cross  film 
"Winning  Her  Way")  and  ])}■  the  distribution  of  booklet  and 
folder  recruiting  literature  such  as  may  be  obtained  from  the 
National  Organization  for  Public  Health  Nursing. 

The   Legendary  "Lady  with  the  Lamp" — 

Florence  Nightingale,  perhaps  the  most  famous  woman  of 
modern  times,  was  born  in  1820  and  died  in  1910.  During  her 
long  lifetime,  of  which  the  Crimean  nursing  expedition,  so  gen- 
erally associated  with  her  name,  w^as  only  an  incident,  she 
preached,  in  season  and  out,  the  necessity  of  hygiene  and  sanita- 
tion, the  necessity  of  governmental  provision  for  the  health  of  its 
army  and  navy  in  peace  as  well  as  in  war,  the  need  of  adequate 
provision  in  institutions  for  the  sick,  poor  and  other  wards  of 
the  state  and.  above  all,  the  imperative  need  for  the  development 
of  the  nursing  profession,  through  training  schools  capable  of 
giving  high-grade  instruction  and  practice  in  hospitals  equipped 
with  the  modern  facilities. 


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And  The  Real  Florence  Nightingale 

By  driving  others  as  mercilessly  as  she  drove  herself,  Miss 
Nightingale,  in  the  fifty  years  she  devoted  to  public  health  work, 
probably  effected  more  reforms  in  both  civil  and  military  mat- 
ters than  any  English  statesman  of  her  time.  Largely  from  a 
sickbed,  she  directed  her  "reform  cabinet",  urged  investigations, 
refuted  opponents  of  progress,  wrote  for  the  press  and  exerted 
pressure  upon  leading  writers,  compiled  endless  reports  contain- 
ing vital  statistics  and  detailed  recommendations,  and  wielded 
an  influence  which  was  felt  to  the  most  remote  British  colony 
and  indeed  throughout  the  world.  At  home,  she  was  beloved, 
feared  and  anathematized,  according  to  the  bias  of  the  individual. 
The  tradition  of  the  Crimean  service,  when  as  "The  Lady  with 
the  Lamp"  Florence  Nightingale  had  inspired  something  ap- 
proximating hero-worship,  stood  her  in  good  stead  in  her  battles 
with  refractory  doctors,  statesmen  and  scientists  ;  but  the  enorm- 
ous service  she  rendered  in  her  prolonged  struggle  for  enlight- 
ment  after  her  return  from  the  Crimea  was  never  thoroughly 
understood  or  appreciated  by  the  public,  which  preferred  rather 
to  adore  her  as  the  frail  invalid,  broken  by  the  agonizing  experi- 
enceSjOf  nursing  the  wounded  and  dying  at  Scutari. 

These  tableaux  therefore,  sketchy  as  they  must  be  of  nesess- 
ity  in  adequately  portraying  the  spirit  of  Florence  Nightingale's 
life,  are  designed  to  bring  out  not  only  the  work  for  which  she 
is  especially  famous  but  also  the  less  spectacular  but  actually 
far  more  important  service  she  rendered  the  world  long  after  the 
Crimea  was  past. 

It  was  as  the  founder  of  the  nursing  profession,  for  which 
she  established  the  first  training  school  planned  and  conducted 
on  modern  lines,  that  Florence  Nightingale  made  her  most  im- 
portant contribution  perhaps,  to  humanity.  This  side  of  her  life 
has  therefore  been  emphasized.  Several  tableaux  which  do  not 
introduce  her,  but  show  conditions  which  she  either  altered  or 


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introduced  or  later  developments  which  her  pioneer  labors  made 
possible,  have  been  included  as  bearing  directly  upon  the  subject 
in  hand.  Any  of  the  scenes  may  be  omitted  if  they  require  too 
much  time  or  effort.  If  the  complete  set  of  tableaux  is  per- 
formed, however,  they  will  give  a  fairly  complete  presentation 
of  the  outstanding  events  of  Florence  Nightingale's  life. 

Costuming  and  Music 

For  the  costumes,  backgrounds,  etc.,  consult  books  of  the 
period,  according  to  which  scene  is  being  represented.  Victor- 
ian styles  predominate  in  these  scenes  ;  the  books  of  DuMaurier 
are  excellent  in  suggesting  the  type  needed.  Encyclopedias, 
books  on  costuming,  books  about  Florence  Nightingale  and  her 
times,  and  other  biographies  of  the  period  will  be  helpful.  In 
general,  strive   for  simplicity  and  effectiveness. 

Music  between  the  scenes  and,  in  some  cases,  during  them 
is  advisable  and  shouUl  be  chosen  with  a  view  to  suitability,  to 
accord  with  the  ability  of  the  musician  or  musicians.  Old 
fashioned  songs  ])layed  during  the  appropriate  scenes,  martial 
airs  and  patriotic  hymns  during  others  will  enhance  the  effect 
of  the  tableaux  very  much. 

The  Reader 

The  use  of  a  "Reader"  or  interpreter  of  the  scenes  is  strongly 
urged.  This  does  away  with  the  monotony  of  silent  scenes  and 
also  adds  to  the  painting  of  the  character,  for  letters  and  other 
good  material  can  be  used  to  bring  out  points  not  possible  of 
staging.  Such  a  reader  should  be  extremely  familiar  with  the 
material ;  should  read  the  biography  of  Miss  Nightingale,  choos- 
ing other  selections  than  those  suggested  if  they  seem  better 
fitted  to  any  adaptations  made  in  the  staging;  and  should 
practice  with  the  participants  in  the  tableaux  sufficiently  to 
have   the   performance   move   smoothly.     Of   course,   the   reader 

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should  have  a  good  stage  presence,  read  well,  with  a  clear, 
pleasant  voice  and  some  dramatic  feeling.  A  tiny  spot  of  light, 
for  the  reader  to  use  with  her  manuscript,  should  be  arranged 
for  her,  but  should  not  be  directed  so  as  to  annoy  the  audience. 

Many  of  the  most  interesting  events  of  Miss  Nightingale's 
life  cannot  be  staged  in  tableaux.  For  instance,  the  letter  from 
Sir  Sidney  Herbert  asking  her  to  undertake  the  Crimean  mission 
and  crossing  hers  requesting  the  privilege  can  be  mentioned  be- 
tween the  fourth  and  fifth  scenes  and  the  Crimean  group.  The 
reader  should  not  follow  the  printed  page  or  her  notes  too 
closely,  but  by  sympathetic  interpretation  of  the  spirit  of  Miss 
Nightingale  as  shown  in  her  acts  and  writings,  can  greatly 
enhance  the  dramatic  effect  of  the  tableaux. 

Reference  is  most  frequently  made  to  E.  T.  Cook's  "Life  of 
Florence  Nightingale",  accessible  in  most  libraries  or  published 
by  iVIacmillan  and  Company.  This  may  be  obtained  through 
the  National  Organization  for  Public  Health  Nursing,  156  Fifth 
Avenue,  New  York  City. 

General  Instructions: 

Be  careful  about  lights;  have  them  strong,  yet  not  placed  so 
as  to  throw  bad  shadows  in  the  scenes.  Also  be  sure  the  curtain 
runs  smoothly,  and  that  someone  is  personally  responsible  for 
its  behavior. 

Choose  parts  with  care ;  rehearse  conscientiously ;  have  ad- 
equate help  in  shifting  furniture  so  that  scenes  may  be  changed 
swiftly;  and  attend  to  all  mechanical  matters,  costumes,  proper- 
ties, etc.,  Avell  in  advance.  If  your  stage  is  too  large,  have  a 
heavy  white  curtain,  hung  without  folds  and  tacked  to  the  floor. 
Then  cut  from  it  as  large  an  opening  as  you  wish  to  use  for  the 
tableaux.  If  you  have  no  stage  facilities,  the  use  of  screens  will 
make  an  ordinary  platform  perfectly  possible.  The  tableaux 
may  be  given  as  elaborately  or  as  simply  as  is  desirable. 

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TABLEAUX 

I.     Her  First  Patient 

"On   the  downs  near   Emblay" 
Cap,  a  collie,  lying  on  a  bank. 

Florence  a  girl  of  sixteen,  her  petticoat  torn  to  make 
bandages,  is  kneeling  by  the  dog  binding  his  broken  leg  with 
a  splint. 

(Reader:   Letter  of  Rev.  J.  T.  Gififord  to  F.  N.     see  P.  U 

Cook). 

IL     The  Nightingale  Family  Circle 

]\Ir.  Nightingale  reading  aloud  the  London  Times  to 
Mrs.  Nightir.o-ale,  sewing;  the  older  sister,  Parthenope, 
drawing;  Florence  standing  at  the  window,  looking  out, 
desperately  bored  and  restless.  Just  before  the  curtain 
falls  she  makes  a  despairing  gesture  and  rushes  out  of  the 
room  while  the  others  stare  in  amazement. 

Scene  :     Comfortable  interior  of  a  Victorian  home. 

(Reader:    F.  N's  own  description.  Cook  P.  il) 

IIL     Her  Apprenticeship 

The  Deaconess  Home  at  Kaiserwerth,  where  Florence 
Nightingale    found   happiness   and   her  vocation. 

Scene :  Kitchen  or  simple,  almost  medieval,  interior- 
Frederike.  wife  of  Fliedner  and  with  him  founder  of  the 
Home,  at  work,  but  turns  towards  door  through  which  two 
probationers  —  Florence    Nightingale    and    another  —  enter. 

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They    wear    simplified    deaconess    costume    and    Frederike, 
in  almost  peasant  costume,  goes  to  meet  them. 

(Reader:  See  Cook  P.   108). 

IV.  Her  First  Responsibility 

After  much  family  opposition  and  not  until  she  was 
thirty-two  years  old,  Florence  Nightingale  made  the 
decisive  move  which  definitely  committed  her  to  her  life 
work.  She  accepted  the  position  of  superintendent  in  "An 
Establishment  for  Gentlewomen  during  Illness"  and  moved 
into  the  house  to  the  scandal  of  many  friends. 

The  scene  represents  a  committee  meeting  —  Lady 
Ellesmere,  Lady  Canning,  Lady  Monteagle,  Lady  Caroline, 
Murray  and  others — stylish,  haughty,  one  or  two  really  in- 
terested and  sympathetic.  (Mrs.  Sidney  Herbert  among 
the  latter)  Miss  Nightingale,  standing,  is  bending  over  a 
table  on  which  Lady  Canning  is  signing  an  historic  docu- 
ment— one  agreeing  to  take  into  the  institution  patients  of 
all  denominations,  even  Catholics  and  Jews.  Miss 
Nightingale,  triumphant  but  amused.  Ladies  varied  ex- 
pressions. 

(Reader:  Letter  of  Miss  N.     P.  134  Cook). 

V.  At    Last  — The    Call    Comes 

(The  three  following  scenes  can  be  grouped  together.) 

The  Arch-Enemy  —  Red  Tape 

Florence  Nightingale,  Mrs.  Bracebridge,  her  lieuten- 
ant, and  a  nurse,  with  the  Purveyor,  in  the  stock  room  of 
the  latter.  Florence  Nightingale  is  angry  and  determined, 
MrL.  Bracebridge  rather  amused,  nurse  frightened  at  her 
Chief's  defiance  of  the  Purveyor's  authority.     He  is  wring- 


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ing  his  hands,  Miss  Nightingale  is  on  her  knees  before  a 
box,  unpacking  men's  shirts  and  handing  them  up  to  Mrs. 
Bracebridge. 

(Reader:  See  Cook,  Vol.  1,  201  following.  This  can  be 
made  very  picturesque,  and  other  similar  experiences  may 
be  mentioned  or  portrayed  in  short  tableaux  introduced 
here   ad   lib.) 

VI.  The  Endless  Letters  Home 

Miss  Nightingale's  tiny  room  in  the  hospital  at  Scutari. 
At  a  table  piled  high  with  documents,  letters,  etc.,  she  is 
writing  by  a  guttering  lamp.  Mrs.  Bracebridge,  worn  out, 
is  sleeping  on  a  couch.  A  nurse,  ill,  is  in  a  bed  near  the 
table,  another  nurse  bends  anxiously  over  her.  Two  near 
the  door  confer,  watching  Miss  Nightingale,  who  writes 
rapidly,  a  frown  of  concentration  on  her  forehead  and  an 
official  looking  document  propped  up  in  front  of  her.  The 
room  i's  badly  lighted,  over-crowded,  yet  she  is  oblivious 
to  everything  about  her  in  the  ardor  of  her  work. 

(Reader:    Cook,  Vol.  1.  234-239). 

VII.  The  Lady  with  the  Lamp 

The  wards  of  the  hospital  at  Scutari.  Beds,  uneven  in 
length,  with  various  coverings,  so  near  that  one  could 
hardly  wedge  between  them ;  men,  half-setting  and  lying 
prone,  attitudes  expressing  pain  or  unconsciousness, 
Florence  Nightingale,  her  lamp  held  high,  bends  over  one 
man  gently,  arranging  the  covers  and  feeling  his  brow. 
From  the  lamp's  rays  her  shadow  should  fall  on  the  bed  of 
another  who  kisses  it  as  it  touches  the  pillow. 

(Reader:    Longfellow's  poem  "Santa  Philomena".  or  Cook, 
Vol.  1,  236-37). 

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VIII.  Home   Again  —  Leading   the   "Reform   Cabinet"   in   the 

Long  Struggle  with  Politicians 

Miss  Nightingale's  room,  pleasant  but  business-like. 
Blue  books;  documents,  letters  around  her.  She  is  seated 
in  a  semi-invalid  chair  and  is  si)eaking  to  a  rather  pompous 
looking  man  in  the  conventional  attire  of  the  Victorian 
statesman  —  Lord  Panmure,  "the  bison".  He  goes  out ; 
Miss  Nightingale  rests  a  moment  meditating  and  then  claps 
her  hands  exultantly,  reaches  for  writing  materials  and 
starts  to  write  in  her  notebook. 

(Reader:  Cook  Vol.  1,  P.  329.  Miss  Nightingale's  notes 
humorously  recording  the  results  of  her  interview  with  Lord 
Panmure.  Also  other  passages  showing  other  phases  of 
Miss  Nightingale's  fight  to  prevent  the  whitewashing  of  the 
break-down  of  the  medical  service  in  the  Crimea;  note 
especially  hei  threat  to  publish  the  record  of  her  Crimean 
experience  —  Cook  P.  336). 

IX.  Nursing  as  Miss  Nightingale  Found  it  —  the  Supremacy 

of  Sairey  Gamp 

The  scene  represents  a  poorhouse  Avard,  or  similar  in- 
stitution, seyenty-five  years  ago.  Everything  in  disarray, 
filthy  bedcovers  over  half-collapsed  beds,  patients  groan- 
ing, many  in  old  wrappers,  sitting  on  the  beds  helplessly. 
Center  front,  in  the  only  fairly  comfortable  chair,  a  large, 
coarse  woman,  very  dirty  and  hard  looking,  in  semblance  of 
nurse's  costume,  with  a  huge  bonnet.  She  grasps  in  one 
hand  a  gin  bottle  which  she  raises  appreciatively  to  her  lips. 
The  other  fist  she  shakes  at  a  quavering  old  pauper,  who 
advances  timidly  as  though  to  ask  aid.  If  the  curtain  is 
raised  again  on  this  scene,  show  the  "nurse"  asleep  and  snor- 
ing in  her  chair,  while  the  unfortunate  patients  resign  them- 
selves to  a  miserable  night. 

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(Reader:    See  the  description  of  Sairey   Gamp  in   Dickens' 
":\Iartin  Chuzzlewit",  also  Cook  Vol.  1,  P.  59-61). 

X.  A   Revolution  Accomplished  —  Establishment  of  the   First 

Nightingale  School  for  Nurses 

The  reception  room  of  St.  Thomas's  Hospital.  The 
school  has  been  established  and  the  first  class  of  sixteen 
prol)ationers  admitted.  Clad  in  brown  costumes  with  white 
caps  they  file  by  and  each  receives  a  word  of  greeting  from 
Miss  Nightingale,  the  matron,  and  Sidney  Herbert,  Chair- 
man of  Nightingale  Fund  Committee. 

In  point  of  fact,  Miss  Nightingale  was  confined  to  her 
room  at  the  time  the  Nightingale  School  was  established, 
but  this  slight  deviation  from  the  historic  fact  may  perhaps 
be  considered  permissible  for  purpose  of  dramatic  repre- 
sentation. 

(Reader:    Cook  Vol.  1.  P.  456  fif.). 

XI.  The  Council  Room  to  Which  Queens  Came 

Florence  Nightingale,  propped  up  in  bed,  endless  books, 
reports,  etc.  around  her.  See  pictures  of  her  in  her  room. 
The  Crown  Princess  of  Prussia,  her  hat  and  coat  thrown 
aside,  kneels  by  the  bed,  on  the  side  of  the  audience,  with 
a  huge  portfolio  of  architect's  blue  prints,  from  which  she 
draws  one  and  submits  it  eagerly  but  deferentially  for  Miss 
Nightingale's  approval. 

(Reader:  Cook,  Vol.  II,  P.  187-88,  also  P.  419-21.  The 
Princess'  letter,  P.  190,  is  delightfully  girlish  and  enthusi- 
astic. Especial  emphasis  should  be  given  to  the  visits  of 
representatives  from  America  as,  for  example,  the  American 
Ambassador  (Vol.  II.  P.  421). 

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XII.  Unsought  Honors 

In  1867  a  gold  medal  was  awarded  to  Miss  Nightingale 
by  the  Conference  of  Red  Cross  Societies  at  Paris.  The 
inspiration  for  the  Red  Cross  came  largel}^  from  her.  The 
scene  shows  a  presentation  with  Miss  Nightingale  in  her 
invalid  chair  surrounded  by  friends,  and  the  presentation 
Ijeing  made  by  an  officer  of  the  court.  See  Cook,  Vol.  II,  P. 
187-88  for  the  story  of  the  presentation  in  1907  of  the  Order 
of  Merit.  In  this  scene  Miss  Nightingale  may  be  shown  as 
she  was  toward  the  close  of  her  life  —  stout,  with  face  full 
and  rosy.     Follow  portraits  for  costume. 

(Reader:    Cook  Vol.  I,  P.  441,  Vol.  II.  P.  71,  119.  205,  420, 
421). 

XIII.  Inheritors   of  the   Lady  with  the   Lamp 

This  taljleaux  may  be  staged  either  as  a  tableaux  or 
as  a  series  of  short  scenes.  The  idea  is  simply  to  represent 
the  various  special  forms  of  nursing  that  have  developed 
since  Florence  Nightingale's  time.  If  the  processional  form 
is  adopted  the  various  types,  including  the  visiting  nurse 
with  her  characteristic  uniform  and  bag,  and  the  school 
nurse,  leading  a  school  child  by  the  hand,  may  be  shown 
passing  across  the  scene,  the  reader  interperting  this  pro- 
cession of  types  by  brief  statements  concerning  the  work 
of  each.  If  the  method  of  short  scenes  is  adopted,  a  some- 
what more  elaborate  representation  may  be  attempted. 
The  visiting  nurse  may  be  shown  instructing  a  mother  in 
the  care  of  her  child,  the  school  nurse  may  be  shoAvn  ex- 
amining a  school  child,  the  tuberculosis  nurse  may  be  shown 
demonstrating  the  value  of  fresh  air,  etc.,  etc. 

XIV.  Keep   Her   Light   Burning 

The  scene  shows  a  single  performer  clothed  in  an  ar- 
rangement of  white   draperies  to  resemble   the  well-known 

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statue  of  Florence  Nightingale  which  shows  her  carrying  a 
lamp  held  high  in  her  right  hand. 

(Reader:  As  the  curtain  falls  on  this  last  scene,  Miss  Night- 
ingale's stirrnig  call  for  nurses  may  be  read,  and  following 
this  a  brief  and  forcible  statement  of  the  present  need  for 
nurses  and  the  excellent  opportunities  for  service  and  ad- 
vancement which  the  nursing  profession  now  offers. 

Florence  Nightingale's  Call  to  Nursing  Service 

The  following  extracts  are  taken  from  an  article  by  Florence 
Nightingale  published  in  Good  Words,  June,  1868 : 

"Oh,  fellow  country-women,  why  do  yoti  hang  backp  We 
hear  so  much  of  'idle  hands  and  tmsatisfied  hearts'-  Why  are 
there  so  few  to  do  the  'work'? 

"Hi  *  *  New  hospitals,  new  asylums,  new  nurses"  homes 
and  societies  for  nursing  the  sick  poor  at  home  are  rising  every- 
where. People  are  always  willing  to  give  their  money  for  these 
*  *  *  But  are  buildings  all  that  are  necessary  to  take  care  of 
the  sick  p  There  wants  the  heart  and  hand  —the  trained  and 
skillful  hand. 

"We  are  beset  with  ofifers  of  places  for  trained  nurses  and 
trained  superintendents  and  cannot  fill  them.  I  would  I  could 
go  out  into  the  highways  and  hedges  and  compel  them  to  come 

1  ■ri  ^  T^  T» 

"*  *  *  Nursing  is  an  art ;  and,  if  it  is  to  be  made  an  art,  it 
requires  as  exclusive  a  devotion,  as  hard  a  preparation  as  any 
painter's  or  sculptor's  work  ;  for  what  is  the  having  to  do  with 
dead  canvas  or  cold  marble,  compared  with  having  to  do  with 
the  living  body  —  the  temple  of  God's  spirit?  It  is  one  of  the 
Fine  Arts ;         I   had  almost  said,  the  finest  of  the  Fine  Arts. 

"I  have  seen  somewhere  in  print  that  nursing  is  a  profession 
to  be  followed  by  the  'lower  middle-class.         Shall  we  sav  that 


FLORENCE       NIGHTINGALE       TABLEAUX 

painting  or  sculpture  is  a  profession  to  be  followed  by  the  'lower 
middle-class'?  Why  limit  the  class  at  all?  *  *  *  There  is 
no  such  thing  as  amateur  art ;  there  is  no  such  thing  as  amateur 
nursing.  *     *     * 

Three-fourths  of  the  whole  mischief  in  women's  lives  arises 
from  their  excepting  themselves  from  the  rules  of  training  con- 
sidered needful  for  men  *     *     *     . 

'T  give  a  quarter  of  a  century's  European  experience  when 
I  say  that  the  happiest  people,  the  fondest  of  their  occupation, 
the  most  thankful  for  theii"  lives,  are,  in  my  opinion,  those 
engaged  in  sick  nursing.  In  my  opinion  it  is  a  mere  abuse  of 
words  to  represent  the  life,  as  is  done  by  some,  as  a  sacrifice 
and  a  martyrdom.  *  *  *  The  life  if  not  a  sacrifice  ;  it  is  the 
engaging  in  an  occupation  the  happiest  of  any." 


14 


Factors   Working   toward 
National  Health 

One  of  the  most  remarkable  developments 
in  national  health  has  been  the  rapid  advance 
of  the  Public  Health  Nursing  movement.  It 
has  been  estimated  that  about  50,000  Public 
Health  nurses  are  called  for  by  federal  or  state 
legislation,  either  passed  or  pending,  while 
two  large  national  bodies,  the  Bureau  of  Pub- 
lic Health  Nursing  of  the  American  Red  Cross 
and  the  National  Organization  for  Public 
Health  Nursing,  are  entirely  devoted  to  or- 
ganization and  educational  work  in  this  field. 

The  Macmillan  Company  has  itself  con- 
tributed to  this  movement  by  the  publication 
of  a  Series  of  Public  Health  Handbooks  for 
Nurses,  under  the  general  editorship  of  Miss 
Mary  S.  Gardner.  These  books  are  designed 
as  a  guide  to  nurses  entering  this  field  and 
represent  the  most  complete  series  devoted  to 
this  subject,  inasmuch  as  the  publishers  have 
enjoyed  the  hearty  cooperation  of  leaders  in 
the  public  health  nursing  field  and  of  the 
National  Organization  for  Public  Health 
Nursing.  These  books  are  valuable,  not  only 
singly,  but  as  a  series,  since  the  whole  field  is 
thus  viewed  in  its  real  perspective.  The  pres- 
ent price  of  the  series  of  five  as  shown  on  the 
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Public  Health  Handbooks  for  Nurses 

MARY  S.  GARDNER,  General  Editor 

Rapidly  changing  industrial  conditions  have  created  for  the  Nurse,  whether  engaged  in 
direct  Public  Health  or  other  specialized  nursing,  many  new  problems  which  she  is 
compelled  to  solve  each  day  in  her  work.  Public  Health  iSfursing  as  a  profession  is 
yet  in  a  formative  stage  and  the  literature  is  correspondingly  chaotic.  To  fill  the  need, 
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Sanitation  for  Public  Health  Nurses 

By  HIBBERT   WINSLOW  HILL,  M.  B.,  M.  D.,  D.  P.  H. 

Late  Director,  Division  of  Epidemiology,  Minnesota  State  Board  of  Health,  etc.,  etc. 

Just  Published.  Price  $1.35 
This  book  was  written  to  give  Public  Health  Nurses  a  concise  view  of  the  fundamen- 
tals of  modern  Public  Health  as  it  is  today;  more  particularly  of  such  aspects  of  mod- 
ern Public  Health  as  may  be  conveniently  listed  under  Sanitation.  Disease  is  in  general 
of  external  origin  and  its  factors  are  therefore  infinitely  more  amenable  to  our  con- 
trol. Hence  it  is  that  Sanitation,  while  having  some  evident  relationship  to  health,  has 
far  more  importance  as  the  great  weapon  available  to  us  against  disease. 


The  Organization  of  Public  Health  Nursing 

By  ANNIE  M.  BRA5NARD 

Editor-in-Chief,  Public  Health  Nurse,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
Just  Published.  Price  $1.35 
The  growing  necessity  for  properly  organized  public  health  nursing  throughout  the 
country  has  created  a  need  for  definite  instruction  from  an  expert  as  to  how  to  organ- 
ize this  work.  This  Miss  Brainard  has  attempted  to  supply  in  a  condensed  practical 
form.  The  Public  Health  Nurse  will  find  it  invaluable  in  all  her  work,  while  municipal 
authorities  will  obtain  definite  instructions  for  the  inauguration  of  their  organization  in 
this   important    field.        The    book    is    thoroughly    practical    and    authoritative. 


INDUSTRIAL    NURSING 

By  FLORENCE  SWIFT  WRIGHT 

Supervisor,  Bureau  of  Child  Hygiene,  New  Jersey  State  Department  of  Health;  formerly 
Secretary  of  the  Benefit  Association  of  the  Employees  of  John  Wanamaker,  New  York; 
and  formerly  in  charge  of  Industrial  Nursing  for  both  the  Cheney  Brothers'  Silk  Mills. 

and  the  Clark  Thread  Company. 
Just  Published.  Price,  $1.25 
This  important  work  has  been  written  by  a  pioneer  industrial  nurse  in  answer  to  ques- 
tions asked  by  many  nurses,  employers  of  labor  and  others  interested  in  industrial  prob- 
lems. Definite  plans  for  the  installation,  equipment  and  management  of  a  first  aid 
room  and  for  records  and  reports  are  included.  An  industrial  nursing  center  is  de- 
scribed in  detail  and  its  use  as  a  community  center  is  discussed. 

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